Jury Convicts Dylann Roof In Charleston Church Massacre
The 22-year-old opened fire at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. A white supremacist has been convicted of killing nine black worshippers in a church in SC in a racially motivated attack.

Deer caught at NYC housing complex dies before relocation
De Blasio responded that transporting and releasing the deer under these circumstances would be "inhumane in its own right". What? I mean, what? "NYC isn't going to kill Harlem deer", de Blasio spokesman Eric Philips wrote on Twitter .

Trump taps Israel envoy, eyes moving embassy to Jerusalem
Jerusalem's status is contested by Palestinians and most of the world's nations, which recognize lines drawn after the 1967 war. In what has become a feature of transition statements , the release included a dig at the outgoing Obama administration.

Bipin Rawat jumps queue to be Army chief
General Rawat is an infantry officer and was commissioned into the Fifth Battalion of the Eleven Gorkha Rifles in December 1978. Its spokesman Manish Tewari questioned why the government had ignored others for Rawat, who is the now the force's vice chief.

India shares fall ahead of Fed rate decision
Gains were led by IT stocks, with the sector's index rising as much as 1.69 percent to its highest since October 25. In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1.77% and Shanghai Composite shed 0.73% while Japan's Nikkei was up 0.10%.

Forecast: Bitter blast of cold air hits New Jersey
Morning lows will be in the teens and 20s, which means we'll have to watch out for icy spots from the weekend precipitation. Drizzle will also be falling at times, freezing on roads which could lead to a glaze of ice in areas Saturday morning.

Patriots Claim WR Michael Floyd Off Waivers
If he plays well for the Patriots and another team outbids the Patriots, then he would help New England's comp pick formula. Floyd's best season with the Cardinals came in 2013 when he caught 65 passes for 1,041 yards and five touchdowns.

Court orders ISPs to block piracy sites
The operators of the file-sharing sites did not appear at the hearing, and were not represented. The same applies to dozens of affiliated and non-affiliated proxy and mirror sites.

MLS set to review expansion explications
The MLS now consists of 20 sides, with Atlanta United and Minnesota United to be added next season as the league expands to 22. MLS Commissioner Don Garber set a deadline of January 31, 2017 for interested potential owners or ownership groups to apply.

Philippines won't confront China on weapons in disputed sea
Navy that was operating in worldwide waters. "This brazenly hostile act is outrageous and must be met with a firm response". The Chinese eventually responded simply to say they were returning to their own operation, a US Defence official told CNN .

Michael Sheen clarifies his comments on quitting acting

"I DID NOT [Sheen's caps] declare that I'm "quitting acting and leaving Hollywood" to go into politics", he wrote.

He explained on Tumblr that he told the interviewer that he has become more "involved with community issues back at home", but did not say that he would stop acting. "It's not going to look like this in 10 years' time. The dice are being rolled again".

However, following increased media speculation on his acting future and reported backlash from Brexit and Trump supporters, Mr Sheen has come out to clarify his situation with a statement on Twitter. "But it has to be understood before it can be stopped", he said.

Sheen said he developed an increasing role in activism after connecting with community organizations while participating in street performances with over 1,000 volunteers as part of the National Theatre Wales's production of The Passion in Port Talbot, Wales in 2011.

As much as we may love watching Michael Sheen onscreen, we're happy to give up that joy so he can pursue something that really matters - especially when that something might be a fix to just how truly very bad the a year ago has been.

The Timesinterview, published yesterday and quickly picked up by numerous news sites including Deadline, quoted Sheen as describing a switch to political activism as "Once I'm in, I'm fully in, and this is big". "The majority of people in the United Kingdom, including my hometown of Port Talbot, voted for Brexit".

In an interview with U.K.'s The Times on Saturday, the 47-year-old actor said he plans to "work less as an actor, and possibly stop... for the time being" in order to become a full-time political activist. "Our democracy must be defended and each of us needs to decide how we can contribute to that effort". He also said he's not focusing specifically on the Brexit vote, but rather the "general world rise of anti-democratic forces".

He told BBC Wales previous year people should be given the power to run communities instead of "career politicians".

"It will be a big change for how people relate to me", Sheen said.

For the past few years he has been in a relationship with USA comedian Sarah Silverman, and he admitted he did not know whether the relationship would work across the Atlantic.